Since my husband is preparing for his third Ironman, Vineman, in Napa, I’ve been experimenting with power bar recipes. I’ve yet to find a recipe that allows me to create perfect “bars”, but rather I’ll I’ve come up with so far is a “crunch” that fits nicely into a plastic sandwich bag. These bags of [...]
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That’s because I wasn’t there. I only ran one lap of this weekend’s 5k because I was busy running the little kids around to basketball practice as soon as the kid run was over. This weekend I did hit the pavement. (See numbers 3 and 7 on Why I’m Writing a Novel in 30 Days.) [...]
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The alarm sounded at 5:30 a.m., and my husband was soon pouring powder into his water bottles with the precision an alchemist uses to turn metal into gold. Before the sun broke the sky, he was pedaling down the driveway and down the road to meet some of the 1,700 volunteers to begin his check-in [...]
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Update: I could not sleep a wink last night, racked with worry, and anxiety. My Dad kept me at informed at the lake, while he watched the live coverage on the internet and gave me hour by hour updates. I went to town once to check, really to make sure he made it out of [...]
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Go Dad. #2 Ironman, #1 Dad His signs are packed and ready for his voyage on Wednesday to Ironman number II to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I cheered, but then caught my breath, dropped a couple of tears, when I felt the gravity of what the sound of the cannon meant, as the announcer said, “Don’t [...]
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standing all along the course of the Ironman. The signs were especially thick around the parts of the mountains that were the most desolate… along highways where few spectators stood, and the racers heard nothing but silence. Not cheers. The day before the race, a tent was set-up in the carnival-like atmosphere, with music blaring, [...]
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